“The Supreme Court Might Actually Simplify Campaign Finance”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Judge Suggests Prosecutor on Comey and James Cases Should Resign as U.S. Attorney; Lindsey Halligan’s indictments against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, were dismissed last month over Ms. Halligan’s appointment”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

And Alan Feuer of The New York Times reports that “Justice Dept. Fights Roadblock to Pursuing Comey Case; The battle preceded the department’s looming decision over whether — and how — to bring new charges against James B. Comey.”

“Emil Bove Attends Trump Rally in Rare Move for Federal Judge”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Supreme Court Hears Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability; The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“Supreme Court Seems Ready to Let the President Fire Almost Anyone”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Three Years After Dobbs, ‘the Reality Is People Are Getting Abortions’; The state divide over abortions has only deepened since the Supreme Court decision; But research shows the number of abortions has climbed”: Soumya Karlamangla of The New York Times has this report.

“Dan Markel murder: Donna Adelson moved to prison closer to home.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Access online the American Tort Reform Foundation’s 2025-2026 Judicial Hellholes report: At this link.

“DOJ’s slow-walking of the law firm cases continues, pushing appeals well into 2026; The Trump admin has often rushed to the Supreme Court this year; In the law firm cases, though, DOJ — even though it lost below — is moving the appeals as slowly as possible”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“Five Takeaways From Luigi Mangione’s Evidence Hearing; The suspected gunman in the killing of UnitedHealth executive goes to court”: Alyssa Lukpat of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court weighs further loosening campaign finance limits; Republican leaders are asking the high court to remove limits on how much parties can spend in coordination with federal candidates on items like advertisements”: Julian Mark of The Washington Post has this report.

And Andrew Howard and Josh Gerstein of Politico have a report headlined “Is JD Vance already running for president? The Supreme Court wants to know. The vice president’s future ambitions were a top topic during oral arguments Tuesday in a highly watched campaign finance case.”

“Is the Supreme Court Unsure About Birthright Citizenship? Maybe the Justices simply want to reiterate what the Court has already said — or maybe not.” Amy Davidson Sorkin has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Split DC Circuit sides with Pentagon on transgender military ban; The majority, both Donald Trump appointees, determined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s policy was likely constitutional because a classification based on transgender status does not trigger heightened scrutiny”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s order of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“Appeals Judges Push to Clearly Allow Introductions in Briefs”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can view the letter at this link.

“Videos Played at Mangione Hearings Reveal New Details About His Arrest; Prosecutors showed body camera footage as they argued that some evidence collected when Luigi Mangione was arrested should be admitted at trial”: Hurubie Meko and Anusha Bayya of The New York Times have this report.

“At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash”: Law professors Kate Shaw, William Baude, and Stephen I. Vladeck have this discussion online at The New York Times Opinion.

“A Key Question for the Supreme Court: What About the Fed? The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause; But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Supreme Court Is Asked to Take Another Ax to Campaign Finance Limits; The case centers on efforts by Republican officials to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates”: Abbie VanSickle and Shane Goldmacher of The New York Times have this report.

“Judge calls for Justice Dept. whistleblower to testify in migrant planes case; Judge James E. Boasberg said he wants to hear from former Justice Dept. attorney Erez Reuveni in an inquiry that could lead to a criminal contempt referral involving Trump administration officials”: Steve Thompson of The Washington Post has this report.

Kyle Cheney of Politico reports that “Boasberg escalates contempt inquiry over Alien Enemies Act deportations; The judge ordered testimony from two of the top DOJ lawyers involved in the March deportation operation.”

And Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg News reports that “Judge Summons DOJ Lawyers for Testimony in Contempt Probe.”

Third Circuit Judge Emil Bove filed this declaration in the district court proceeding today.

“DOJ Hits Back at Judges Doubting Halligan’s US Attorney Role”: Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Trump’s Pardon of Honduran Ex-President Erases Top Loyalist’s Triumph; Emil Bove III’s work as a prosecutor, before he was a Trump lawyer and official, helped lead to the conviction of the former Honduran leader whom President Trump freed this week”: Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times recently had this report.

“Firing Immigration Judges Threatens More Than Immigrants”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Supreme Court Is About to Hand Trump a Cudgel in the Paramount-Netflix Fight”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Planes, Trade and Nuclear Energy: Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Independent Regulators; The court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine the independence of agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.” Stacy Cowley of The New York Times has this report.

“Supreme Court rejects free speech case over controversial vanity plate; Lawyers for a Tennessee woman challenging the rejection of her ’69PWNDU’ personalized plate argued state rules have led to a ‘dizzying array of censorship’”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Justices Seem Ready to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Government Officials; A ruling in the president’s favor in the case, which deals with his attempt to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, would be a major expansion of presidential authority”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court poised to expand Trump’s power over independent agencies; The justices seem likely to allow the president to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, a ruling that could limit or overturn a nine-decade-old precedent that insulated some agencies from political influence by the executive.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court sounds ready to give Trump power to oust officials of independent agencies.”

James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Appears Ready to Give President More Power to Fire Government Officials; Key justice, however, expresses concern about Federal Reserve.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court seems likely to give Trump more power over agencies; President Trump wants the Supreme Court to overturn a 90-year-old precedent limiting his ability to remove leaders of independent agencies.”

And Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court poised to grant Trump broader firing powers over independent agencies.”

“After Trump v. Slaughter, Will There Be Independent Agencies Other than the Fed: The Case of the Federal Election Agencies.” Richard Pildes has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

“Alina Habba, a Trump Loyalist, Resigns as New Jersey’s Top Prosecutor; Ms. Habba resigned on Monday, after a federal appeals court last week found she had been serving as U.S. attorney unlawfully”: Jonah E. Bromwich, Tracey Tully, and Devlin Barrett of The New York Times have this report.

Jeremy Roebuck and Perry Stein of The Washington Post report that “Alina Habba, Trump’s embattled New Jersey prosecutor, says she will leave role; In a statement, Habba said she resigned ‘to protect the stability and integrity of the office which I love.’”

C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump’s Top New Jersey Prosecutor Alina Habba Steps Down; Appeals court found her appointment was invalid.”

Aliya Schneider of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba steps down as U.S. attorney in N.J. after court ruling, begins national role in DOJ; Habba hinted on Monday that the Trump administration hasn’t given up, writing that she will serve in her new role ‘as we wait for further review of the [court’s] ruling.’”

Nick Moyle of NJ Advance Media reports that “Trump loyalist Alina Habba resigns as N.J.’s top prosecutor, but says she didn’t ‘surrender.’”

Joey Fox of New Jersey Globe reports that “Alina Habba resigns from U.S. Attorney post after Third Circuit ruling; Trump admin had taken unprecedented steps to keep Habba in office past original term expiration.”

And Erica Orden and Ry Rivard of Politico report that “Alina Habba steps down as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor; The move came after an appeals court upheld her disqualification from the post.”

“Supreme Court Signals It Backs Trump’s Firing of Agency Leaders”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“We Need To Talk About Trump’s Maritime Murders”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“196. Justice Kagan’s Texas Redistricting Dissent; As unsurprising as the Supreme Court’s intervention in the Texas redistricting case may have been, Justice Kagan’s dissent is still a telling indictment of another emergency ruling that lost its way.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Trump Wants Complete Control. Will the Supreme Court Hand It to Him?” Law professor Kate Shaw has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“A Financial Watchdog’s Fate Is in Limbo. Idled Employees Are Still Being Paid. Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wait while the Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the agency are challenged in court.” Dylan Tokar of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Judicial Notice (12.07.25): Ain’t Misbehavin’; Misconduct allegations against a prominent plaintiff’s lawyer, dismissal of three judicial ethics complaints, and a slew of new hires by Paul Weiss — on the transactional side.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The Innocent Bystanders Caught in Deadly Crossfire of Self-Defense Shootings; Massachusetts is the latest state to give shooters legal protection if they accidentally kill someone while lawfully defending themselves”: Mark Maremont of The Wall Street Journal has this report.